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How to add support in NetBeans to a programming language?
First, you will need Apache NetBeans source code. Please download or clone it from here and build it.
1. File Type Recognition
The first thing to do is for NetBeans to be able to recognize the file type. E.g. if you are adding support for the kotlin programming language you would like NetBeans editor to be able to recognize .kt
source files.
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